Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Gullible.info
• The inventor of "Krazy Glue" was found to be clinically insane shortly after he debuted his invention.
• Two-thirds of Americans think the government should be able to read private email without a warrant.
• Cat dander is the most common allergy in the world.
• For every 10-year-old who can't correctly identify Ronald McDonald, there are 15 who can't correctly identify the president.
• "1984" is the most commonly assigned book in high school literature classes nationwide.
They provide no source, which is bad netiquette, but they do make a best efforts warranty:
The hardworking team at Gullible.Info works hard to ensure that every fact appearing here is true.
Decide for yourself.
6 Comments:
By 
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Mon Feb 07, 12:01:00 PM:
The factiods may be weird, but keep in mind that the site name is gullible info; you don't need to cite anything when you're making stuff up.
By , at
Tue Jan 17, 08:31:00 PM:
I was curious about this, I figured they were made up from the name, but now I know for sure.
The cat dander fact is definately made up, since people are actually allergic to the cat saliva that sticks to their hair when they clean themselves. Cat dander is commonly mistaken as an allergen because advertisements falsely refer to it as such. (They do this because it sounds gross and makes a memorable impression)
My source for this info is my vet.
By , at
Thu Apr 13, 10:09:00 PM:
Is the can dander fact "made up" or do you just have a different definition of "cat dander." Most experts know that it's the Dander that acts as the delivery system due to the fact that cats lick themselves often and the saliva soaks into the skin and flakes off as dander. This dander then gets everywhere and causes most cat allergies.
I don't know if you can base the "legitimacy" of an entire site strictly on the "cat dander" comment. Their "factoid" was not trying to distinguish between cat skin vs. cat saliva.
If you want to be picky about the details, it's not really the saliva that causes the allergy, but really a protein (often referred to as Fel d1) in the saliva that causes the allergy. Either way, I don't think that was the real point of the factoid.
By , at
Thu Apr 27, 05:39:00 PM:
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/gullible
One entry found for gullible.
Main Entry: gull·ible
Variant(s): also gull·able /'g&-l&-b&l/
Function: adjective
: easily duped or cheated
It's pretty hard to see the title as 'reliable fact' rather then 'haha you bought this stuff.'
I can't imagine the 'dupe' is that you're not being 'duped.' It would make more sense if they named it something a little more trusting.
By , at
Fri Sep 22, 03:05:00 PM:
The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary defined "gullible" as "that which is absolutley, indisputably factual and true"
By , at
Mon Mar 26, 09:17:00 AM:
Not one thing written on this site is true, read this: http://topics.nytimes.com/2005/03/10/technology/circuits/10diary.html
